Studies | Countries | Patients(n) | O B I n (%) | Methods | HBV endemic level |
Moresco 2014 [3] | Brazil | 291 donors | 8 (2.7) | PCR RT (Applied Biosystems) | Average |
Oluyinka [5] | Nigeria | 429 donors | 17% | PCR | High |
Said ZN 2013 [10] | Egypt | 3167 donors HBsAg (−) | 17.2% | PCR RT (QIAGEN) | High |
Siagris 2006 [12] | Greece | 49 | 10 (20.4) | Single step PCR | Low |
Kanbay 2006 [13] | Turkey | 138 | 21 (15.2) | Real time PCR | Low |
Fabrizi 2005 [14] | Italy | 213 | 0 | Single step PCR | Low |
Filippini 2006 [15] | Italy | 86 HIV | 17 (20) | Single step PCR | Low |
Rodriguez-2007 [16] | 19 countries (Apricot) | 889 HCV + HIV + | 0 | PCR Roche |
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Kim 2007 [17] | Korea | 195 | 31 (16) | Nested PCR | Low |